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The Leader Ledger E-News |
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<= span lang=3Den-US style=3D'font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold;language:en-US= '>March 5, 2009 |
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·= Convention is just 5 weeks away! W= e have over 17, 000 registered to attend convention this year. We have a few reminders as convention draws nearer: ·= The= deadline to make changes to the hotel registration is this Monday, March 9= . After March 9th, any hotel room dropped goes = back to the hotel and other Lads groups DO NOT have a chance to get them.&n= bsp; Please make all drops in time for others to use the rooms. ·= Tea= m Leaders: Tax exempt certificates for Orlando, Nashville & Memp= his need to be sent directly to the hotel before the March 9 deadline. Tax exemption information can be faxed to the= following numbers for the convention you are attending: Nashville - = Fax to Beth Thomas at 615-871-5728. Memphis – Fax to Pat Newman= at 901-328-5644. Orlando – Fax to Leslie Velez at 407-996-0959= . ·= Bible Bowl and Pearls test answer keys are on the page on the website where the tests were downl= oaded. ·= Kno= w the Books Bookmarks will be picked up by the team leader with the registratio= n packets. (These will not be in the Oral Bible Reading Rooms this year). ·= Final schedules and room assignments will be on the website at least two weeks before conventi= on. Check the News Flash page to see when they are there. ·= Attention Indy Groups (and any o= thers that may be interested): = The 2010 Convention will take place at the Marriott Downt= own in Louisville, Kentucky. The convention will return to Indi= anapolis in 2011. ·= Als= o Indianapolis convention groups, if you are going to arrive on Thursday and are interest= ed in seeing a baseball game, opening night for the Indianapolis Indians is= April 9. Victory Field is very close to the hotel. This would = make a fun outing for your group before the convention starts. Follow the link below. &n= bsp; www.ticketmaster.com/promo/c45tdt
Newsworthy = LeadersAbram Sparks is a 3M/Discovery Young Scientist National Semifinalist. There =
is only one semifinalist chosen from each state. You can see the link here: http://youngscientist.discovery= education.com/flashmap/index.html Click on Alabama to see Abram. He is listed as Scot= ty Sparks because that is his technical first name.
Jonathan Bigham, a senior from the Shiloh Church of Christ in Florence, Alabama, has b= een accepted into Boy's State! His parents are Howell and Jackie= Bigham. He attends Mars Hill Bible School. Jonathan was also s= elected to the All-State Boy’s Chorus and has been selected thi= s year to be a part of the All-State Show Choir. He has participated = in Lads to Leaders 6 years.
Rebecca Wright, a Leaderette from the Lapeer Church of Christ in Lapeer, Michig= an was chosen to go to the United Nations Pilgrimage for Youth trip through= the Michigan Oddfellows organization. She had to give a speech about= the UN and you could just see the Leaderette in her coming out as she was = giving her speech!!! She is going on a 14 day all-expense paid = trip this summer to New York (where she may have to give a speech to the UN= council if selected as a top winner after they arrive.) They w= ill also travel to Toronto, Boston, Ottawa-Canada, Philadelphia, Gettysburg= , Washington DC and Niagara Falls. This is a trip of a lifetime= for her and she (and her dad and I) know that she may have never been able= to do as well as she did without the confidence and training she received = as a Leaderette. We are very proud of her!!!
Lapeer Church of Christ Secretary
Junior Leader Now Available at the Freed-Hardeman Un= iversity Bible Bookstore! When you are visiting the University, make sure to stop b= y and pick up this great new Bible curriculum for your grade K-5 Bible clas= ses. Of course, you can always order them from the Lads National office at any time! Some congregations already have a set curriculum for their class room= s so they are using Junior Leader in the following ways: ·= VBS material<= /p> ·= Home school Bible cu= rriculum ·= A source of good Sam= aritan projects for younger students ·= Craft ideas, games a= nd bulletin board ideas |
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Volume 2, Issu= e 1 |
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Forty Years Ago... Forty years ago, the cost of a new automobile was two tho= usand dollars. Gasoline was thirty-two cents per gallon with the atte= ndant cleaning your windshield and checking your oil. A nickel would = buy you an ice cold Coke, and fifteen cents would buy you a hamburger. The Vietnam War had torn our country apart. The voi= ce of Martin Luther King, Jr. was silenced by an assassin’s bullet.&n= bsp; Richard Nixon defeated Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace to become Pr= esident. In 1969, unnoticed by a world in turmoil, the elders at W= arner Robins, GA church of Christ wanted to start a leadership training pro= gram at their congregation. They asked their minister, Jack Zorn, to = work with their young men in this effort. He envisioned an organized = program that congregations could use to build leaders in their churches, ho= mes and communities. Lads to Leaders was born with just eight young m= en participating. Today, we offer churches a tool that can develop boys and= girls into servant leaders for the Lord’s church, and involve the wh= ole congregation, too. Lads to Leaders & Leaderettes has somethin= g for ages 3-103. In this time of family members going in every direc= tion, Lads events encourage families to participate together toward a goal!= What started out as primarily a speech program for boys now has 33 e= vents where participants can use their wide range of talents—boys, gi= rls, men and women. The future looks great for Lads to Leaders & Leaderet= tes. We now have five convention sites and are planning for number six.&nbs= p; Even more new events are being planned like a Bible teacher training eve= nt and great new materials and Bible school curriculum are being developed = every year for use by the local congregations. To the world at large, we are still unnoticed, but over 2= 00,000 participants through the past forty years have now benefited from le= arning to be leaders and learning to be servants for the Lord’s churc= h. Thank you Dr. Zorn! What will the next forty years bring?
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